The good. Chris Sale struck out nine batters Wednesday night. He retired the last seven batters he faced, including strikeouts of the last two. He topped out at 96 MPH on his fastball multiple times in his outing. If stretching out to 80 pitches was the goal, he certainly did so. The bad. Giving up four runs on six hits certainly isn’t ideal, going down 3-0 in two innings doesn’t give a team with (mostly) cold bats a shot to win. No ugly here, nothing was too crazy on Sale’s part today against a tough Astros team.
Chris Sale's 8th and 9th Ks.